KUALA LUMPUR: MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR Corp) will call for a tender to pick the final survey consultants (FSC) for the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail (KL-SG HSR) project on Friday.

It said on Wednesday the FSC tender will be divided into six packages, with three packages reserved for Bumiputera firms.

“The main scopes of the FSC are to conduct land survey and provide land administration support for the land acquisition process for the KL-SG HSR project within Malaysia,” it said.

MyHSR Corp pointed out that the availability of the land for construction was crucial.

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The main scopes of the FSC are to conduct land survey and provide land administration support for the land acquisition process for the KL-SG HSR project within Malaysia

“Upon approval of the railway scheme for the project, the identified land will be acquired by the government in accordance to Section 8 of Land Acquisition Act 1960 (‘Act 486’),” it said.

It said the application for land acquisition application was scheduled to start in June 2018 with the first land to be acquired for the main infrastructures (i.e.: stations, maintenance facilities, tunnel portals, etc.)

Its CEO Datuk Mohd Nur Ismal Bin Mohamed Kamal encouraged local firms with relevant experience to participate in the tender to provide expertise on land survey works and to assist with the land acquisition activities.